Hi all, There are updates to 2 BLFS multimedia packages that I would like to see go in the book before 6.2. There is a Trac ticket open on one of them and I'd like the group to reconsider the comments in that ticket. ( http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/1902 )
Bottom line is the ticket provides a good reason *not* to update, but my rationale for *doing* the update I believe outweighs the former. As far as Avifile is concerned, the new version works well. The only package that has a dependency on Avifile (Transcode) works just fine with the updated Avifile. So it appears we really have nothing to lose by updating (noting that the overall theory of being careful with multimedia packages before releases is violated here). Package 2 to update is libquicktime. A minor update from 0.9.8 to 0.9.9. The only BLFS package with a dependency (Transcode, again) works just fine with it. Additionally, this library is important for full functionality with MJpeg Tools. You must use a CVS version of MJpeg Tools in order to use the book version, or the updated version of libquicktime. So, again, it appears there is nothing to lose. ===================================================================== Additionally, there is another package that has been updated. I'm not sure this one should go in the book yet, libmpeg3. Apparently there is an API change along with bug fixes. The only dependency for libmpeg3 is Transcode again, and it doesn't like this new version of libmpeg3. The build fails. But... The libmpeg3 module was disabled, then removed from the CVS tree of Transcode not too long ago, and a release should be happening soon. So, I recommend holding off on libmpeg3 until a new version of Transcode is released. Other thoughts and opinions on all three packages are requested. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.23] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 10:08:00 up 4 days, 20:16, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
